HomeMy WebLinkAbout07 - Prohibiting DrunkennessORDIHARCE NO. 7
AN ORDINAIvCE OF 'iH. CITY OF COSTA i;iSSA PROHIBITING DRUIUCE' N- SS.
The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa does ordain as follows:
Section 1.
IT71OXXICATION UPON PUDLIC PLACES. No person shall be or appear at any public place,
or at any place open to public use, or on any street, alley, highway, court, park, parking
lot, public square, or r)ublic property in a state of drunkenness or intoxication within
the corporate limits of the City.
Section 2.
INTMU CATION ON PRIVATE PREMISES. No person shall be or appear on any private
premises, or in any 1)rivate houses in a state of drunkenness or intoxication to the annoy
ance of am other person or persons.
Section 3.
DtRINIKING IN Pn- LIC. 'No person shall drink or consume urine, beer, whiskey, brandy,
or any alcoholic liquors or beverages on the public streets, public alleys, public side—
walks, public marks, parking_=. lots, public rest rooms, parked automobiles, or vacant lots
within the corporate limits of the City,
Section 4.
Any person tniiltir of a violation of any provision of this ordinance shall upon
conviction thereof be deemed guilty of a misdemean&V and shall upon conviction be punished
by a fine in a sum not to exceed live Hundred ($500.00) Dollars, or be imprisoned for a
period not to exceed six (5) months or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 5.
This ordinance i.; hereby declared to be an ordinance for the immediate preservation
ofthe r)ublic neaee and safe t• and the facts constituting its urgency are as follows:
The City- of Costa iiesa havin,- become incorporated, this ordinance is necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public i)eace and safety of the citizens of the City of
Costa lv4esa.
Section 6.
This ordinance shall tale effect fimnediately! and laithin fifteen (15) days shall be
Posted in three public places in the City of Costa flesa, together witl-, the names of the
members of the City Council voting,; for and against the same.
Passed and adopted this 29th day of Tune, 1953-
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Playor of the City of Costa Mesa
AT1`33T:
City Clerk of the Cit, of Costa Ikiesa
STATE Or CALIFORNIA:
COUNTY OF ORANGE ; ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA
I, A. C. SWARTZ, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, do hereby certify that at
a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, held on the Sqh day
of 1953, the foregoing Ordinance, containing _J, sections, was considered
section by section, and that the said Ordinance was then passed and adopted as a whole by
the following vote:
AYES: ., g COUNCILMEN: X&jft4 t wp- `im - sal li - & TAVtWdA
NOES: _ a COUNCILMEN: tea.
ABSENT: - a COUNCILPM: __ mess
I further certify that said Ordinance was thereupon signed by the Mayor of the
City of Costa Mesa,
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City ofj osta Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA:
COUNTY OF ORANGE : ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA :
i, A. C. SWARTZ, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, do hereby certify that on
the qday of July , 19S3, I posted the foregoing true and correct copy of
the foregoing Ordinance in the following public places in the City:
Justice Court
567 West Eighteenth Street
Costa Mesa, California
Costa Mesa Branch Library
526 Center Street
Costa Mesa, California
Costa Idesa Fire Hall
111 Rochester Street
Costa Mesa, California
WITNESS my hand and seal this 11th day of .i43r. 1953 ,
City Clerk of the City of`'Costa Mesa